{"id":86455,"date":"2022-05-08T08:15:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T12:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?p=86455"},"modified":"2022-05-09T11:34:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T15:34:22","slug":"gms-hosts-28th-annual-henry-i-russek-student-achievement-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/2022\/05\/08\/gms-hosts-28th-annual-henry-i-russek-student-achievement-day\/","title":{"rendered":"GMS Hosts 28th Annual Henry I. Russek Student Achievement Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Students present their research during a poster session. Photo by David Keough\/BUMC Communications<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Students from across Graduate Medical Sciences presented their research at the 28th<\/sup> Annual Henry I. Russek Student Achievement Day<\/a><\/strong> on Friday, May 6, 2022.<\/p>\n

It was the first in-person Russek Day since 2019. The event was first held in 1994 in memory of Dr. Henry I. Russek, a prolific physician and scientist whose research and clinical work revolutionized modern cardiology as we know it. This year\u2019s event was also dedicated in memory of Dr. Russek\u2019s wife, philanthropist Mrs. Elayne Russek.<\/p>\n

Dr. and Mrs. Russek\u2019s daughter, Dr. Shelley Russek, organizes the event each year at GMS. She is a professor of pharmacology & experimental therapeutics, the director of the Graduate Program for Neuroscience Program and the vice president of The Russek Foundation, which distributes awards to students presenting high quality scientific research.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole idea of this award started 28 years ago,\u201d Russek said. \u201cWe honor not only outstanding research, but we also honor those really unique individuals who can balance their outstanding research with a service mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hosted in the Hiebert Lounge, Russek Day featured poster and oral presentations, as well as a keynote address from Dr. Eric Alm, a professor of biological engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Broad Institute.<\/p>\n

Alm presented on \u201cThe Human Microbiome in Health and Disease,\u201d drawing from his expertise in microbial ecology, personalized medicine, environmental surveillance and epidemiology during his hour-long guest lecture.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Shelley Russek and Dr. Eric Alm. Photo by David Keough\/BUMC Communications<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Following Alm\u2019s lecture, students moved into a three-hour poster session, which included a catered bag luncheon. Award winners, selected by their departments and the R, displayed stickers on their posters throughout the event.<\/p>\n

In lieu of a poster presentation, first-prize recipients gave oral slide presentations of their research during the afternoon. This year\u2019s first-prize recipients were:<\/p>\n